![]() It was the aftermath of how they’d fall from the paralyzing effects. It had nothing to do with the blow darts that Sonia, Darius and Michael are all hit with by a combatant. “But there’s certain very dangerous ones where I say, ‘No,’” Hayek told Yahoo Entertainment during a recent interview for the follow-up to 2017’s The Hitman’s Bodyguard where she was joined by co-star Reynolds (watch above).Īnd then there was the “really funny” blow dart scene that Hayek refused to do. Jackson) and his ex-bodyguard Michael Bryce ( Ryan Reynolds). In the film, Hayek’s Sonia Kincaid racks up a high body count while attempting to foil terrorists' plot alongside husband Darius Kinclaid ( Samuel L. But nothing she has done compares to the gunplay and fisticuffs she flexes in the new action sequel The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard. The action, Hayek says, comes naturally to her. “And I have done some stunts and I’m proud to keep doing my stunts.” I think people thought we were fighting, but that’s just how Antonio and I talk,” she said smiling.“I shot a gun or two in movies in the past,” Salma Hayek says of her colorful film résumé, which has included action films like Desperado (1995), Wild Wild West (1999) and Savages (2012). “One day I realized that everyone was looking at us apprehensively. Some members of this latest film’s cast and crew saw the two in animated conversation in Spanish and thought they were feuding on set, but Hayek said they were merely coming out of their roles as the villain and crazy woman, respectively. ![]() Hayek also had the chance in “Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard” to reunite with Banderas, a close friend of hers since they were fellow cast members in films like the 1995 neo-Western action picture “Desperado.” “Then he went around complaining, but the truth is my hand hurt too. He didn’t think I’d give it to him so hard, but I did what he said,” she recalled. Hayek, however, defended her actions while maintaining her sense of humor. In a recent interview with Variety magazine, Reynolds said the script of “Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard” called for Hayek to slap him in the face twice and joked that he can “still feel the sharp sting of her tiny hand working its way into my soft Hollywood cheekbones.” It’s really hard to come in as a third party and not disrupt what they already have,” she said. They have two completely different comedic styles and they somehow complement one another. Hayek said of her performance that it was “liberating” to portray a character as impulsive and brash as Sonia but that she was also a bit apprehensive about inserting herself between the electric duo of Reynolds and Jackson. Sonia and Michael must join forces in the sequel to rescue Darius, a mission replete with high-speed chases and hair-brained schemes that is equal parts ludicrous and suicidal. Hayek ratchets up the comedy’s manic intensity in her role as the wife of Darius Kincaid (Jackson), a notorious hitman that bodyguard Michael Bryce (Reynolds) was hired to protect in the first film. “And in this new film, Hughes told me, ‘Now instead of two protagonists, there are going to be three. “It was just two days of work for me in ‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard,’ but I really enjoyed being her: all of her swearing, all her craziness,” she said. Hayek said she was pleased that director Patrick Hughes gave her free rein to mold the character as she pleased, while her good friend Reynolds was instrumental in her taking on a bigger role. Jackson and Antonio Banderas in the sequel, which hits theaters in the United States on Wednesday. ![]() The 54-year-old actress had a mere cameo appearance in the 2017 film “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” but has a starring role alongside Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. But if you want to see her blow up beyond belief, insinuate something about her age and then watch out …” Hayek said with a smile. And that’s something my character, Sonia (Kincaid), doesn’t put up with,” she said in an interview with Efe. “There’s still a lot of age discrimination, especially when it comes to women. Los Angeles, Jun 16 (EFE).- Salma Hayek is back in her role as a combustible, foul-mouthed Latina in “Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard,” an action-comedy film that the Mexican-American actress says will give many middle-aged women a sense of satisfaction. ![]()
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